If it happens, this move would cause Enea Bastianini's departure, Bagnaia's current team-mate and who, so far at least, has failed to meet the expectations at the factory team.
That has been largely due to several injuries that derailed his first half of the season.
After finishing third in the 2022 championship, riding a Desmosedici from the previous year, Bastianini crashed out of the season opener at Portugal, where he fractured his collarbone which left him out of action for five races.
He returned to action at the Italian GP in June but crashed again in the Turn 1 melee at Barcelona in September which forced him to sit out the Misano, India and Japan races due to right ankle and wrist fractures.
Ahead of the Sepang round, Bastianini is 19th in the overall standings and the last of the eight riders competing on a Ducati.
Ducati bosses have been repeating for months that Bastianini is assured of his current position in 2024, as he deserves another chance to prove his talent – the talent which led to him replacing Jack Miller in the factory team.
A few days ago, the newspaper AS suggested Ducati could reconsider the possibility of intervening for Martin to wear red as early as 2024, especially if he is crowned champion riding for satellite team Pramac.
"Until today, at Ducati we have not talked about this hypothesis," a team source told Autosport.
Source: Autosport